Rainbow Six: The New Recruits
By: Ominae
Rating: T
Disclaimer: This story takes place after Raven Shield and Athena Sword
NOTE:
RAINBOW SIX is the exclusive copyrights of Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft and Tom Clancy from their respective years. The characters in the bio data are under my jurisdiction.
I have done some extensive research regarding real-life events and/or actual special/elite units. If there are some discrepancies, please let me know so's I can correct them. Thanks.
Previously:
John Clark has now issued a directive to Alistair Stanley, which called on all foreign governments to send in their most potential candidate into Hereford, Britain in order to undergo basic training. Will John know the rest of the candidates? Stay tune on this chapter to find out.
Chapter 2: A new day has come (Part 2)
Date: April 21, 2008
Location: SAS Headquarters, Hereford, Britain
Clark then slowly opened the folder and he saw the first page on the second folder that said:
OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF RAINBOW'S ASSAULT DIVISION OF 2008:
As usual, Clark then flipped out that page and started to rummage down the data that he had to see, since he was eager to learn the names of the new operatives:
Name: Ang, Patrick
Nationality: Singaporean
Birthdate: October 9, 1978
Age: 30
Height: 5'6
Weight: 60.47 kgs.
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
History:
Born in Kranji, Singapore. Father is a retired senior official within the Singapore Police Force. Mother is a homemaker. Has a twin brother, who is serving in the Singaporean Army, and a younger sister. Joined in the Singapore Police Force in 1996. Posted in the force for at least 3 years before being recruited into the STAR (Special Tactics and Rescue) Unit in 1999. He has been involved in various counter terrorist training exchanges with Hong Kong's SDU (Special Duties Unit) and South Korea's SWAT Unit, years of training are classified. Unmarried.
Psychological Profile:
During his time in the STAR Unit, he was appointed to be the leader of a STAR platoon when he had his counter terrorist (CT) exercises in South Korea. His superiors are very impressed with his leadership skills during the exercise. His South Korean counterparts have also noted that he had a lot of good potential during the exercise. He was one of the most popular officers in the force due to the reputation of his father before he left the force in 1997.
Name: Boekhaut, Thomas
Nationality: Dutch
Birthdate: March 14, 1974
Age: 34
Height: 5'8
Weight: 65.18 kgs.
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Hazel
History:
Born in Haarlem, Netherlands. Father is a senior officer in the Royal Constabulary Police Force. Mother is a greengrocer. Has an older sister and a younger sister. Studied at the Royal Military Academy in Belgium, 1992-1996. Entered the Dutch Army in 1997 after his schooling. In 2001, he enlisted in the KCT (Korps Commandotroepen) Unit. In 2004, he undertook further training in counter terrorism (CT) tactics. Unmarried.
Psychological Profile:
A highly skilled operative in his KCT days, his techniques in counter terrorism (CT) warfare were so remarkable that he was recommended to be an instructor. Although he turned down the offer, he agreed to be a part-time instructor to the CT section while he was waiting for transfer to Rainbow.
Name: Cormier, Michel
Nationality: Swiss
Birthdate: January 21, 1980
Age: 28
Height: 5'9
Weight: 80.10 kgs.
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Brown
History:
Born in Zürich, Switzerland. Parents are academic teachers of the University of Zürich with his father teaching Law while his mother is a professor of Philosophy. Attended the University of Zürich and graduated with a degree in History, 1998-2002. Moved to Bern after his graduation and joined the Swiss Federal Police in the same year. Entered the Swiss Police's elite Stern Unit in 2004. Saw action when he was part of a Stern Unit platoon that raided the Spanish Consulate in downtown Bern in a bid to hunt down armed gunmen and free any hostages that they may have taken in February of 2005. He also led a Stern Unit team in conducting anti-terrorist raids in central Bern, which resulted in the arrest of Muslim extremists in March 5, 2005. Unmarried.
Psychological Profile:
Keeps a clear mind whenever he is involved in Stern Unit operations, even if he is on the edge of his seat. Michel said that his mother, in his youth, taught him this important principle since he needs it for whatever line of work that he will go to in the future, which was very useful for his time in the Stern Unit. Rainbow instructors in Hereford noted that he was very calm in handling the basic firearms tests and had very good results, especially in the assault rifle category to the firearms test.
Name: Montesinos, Carlos
Nationality: Peruvian
Birthdate: September 2, 1975
Age: 33
Height: 5'5
Weight: 64.45 kgs.
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Blue
History:
Born in Santa Lucia, Peru. Father is a business executive working for the Banco Central de Reserva del Peru while his mother was a lawyer. Has one older sister. Enlisted in the Peruvian Navy in 1993. Had two tours of duty from 1993-1995. Joined the FOES (Fuerza De Operaciones Especiales) in 1996. In 1997, he was cited by former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori for taking part in a raid that resulted in the rescue of the Japanese ambassador to Peru and the deaths of terrorists from the MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru) and was believed to be one of the FOES commandoes that shot MRTA terrorist leader Nestor Cerpa Cartolini to death. Married in 1994, three children.
Psychological Profile:
Widely admired by his peers from the Peruvian Navy and from the FOES unit for taking part in the hostage rescue of the Japanese ambassador to Peru in 1997. Fearless in the face of danger, he once stunned the former captives and his fellow FOES soldiers in the same operation when he rallied the assault team to keep up their faces against MRTA urban guerrillas, even if he was wounded in his left arm and got grazed in his torso area.
Name: Santiago, Ernesto
Nationality: Mexican
Birthdate: November 3, 1982
Age: 26
Height: 5'4
Weight: 69.33
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Black
History:
Born in Tijuana, Mexico. Father is an airline pilot for Mexicana Airlines. Mother is an elementary school teacher. No siblings. Studied at the Heroico Colegio Militar in 1999 under a government scholarship and graduated as one of the top cadets in his batch in 2002. Commissioned into the Mexican Army as an officer for 4 years. In 2006, he enlisted himself in GAFES (Grupos Aeromoviles de Fuerzas Especiales) and participated in joint training exercises with American forces. Unmarried.
Psychological Profile:
His years of being a student in the Heroico Colegio Militar gave him the necessary knowledge that he required in order to become a model officer and leaders in the Mexican Army. When he was in GAFES, the soldiers under his command were comfortable with his company because he tried to understand the problems that his soldiers faced as part of the GAFES unit. From doing this simple task, Ernesto won support from his own soldiers and even backed him when he was transferred to Rainbow.
"Nice ones. Now let me see what's in folder number 3." John exclaimed as he reached another folder. He then opened it and saw the heading of the first page:
OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF RAINBOW'S RECON DIVISION OF 2008:
Clark then began to rummage through the pages when he saw the following names:
Name: Amid, Haroun
Nationality: Bahraini
Birthdate: January 31, 1976
Age: 32
Height: 5'5
Weight: 56.77 kgs.
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
History:
Born in Al Mintaqah, Bahrain. Parents are news reporters of the Bahrain News Agency. Has two older sisters. Studied at West Point Military Academy in the United States, 1994-1998. When he came back to Bahrain, he immediately applied for and was accepted into the Public Security Force in the same year of his graduation from West Point. In 2001, he enlisted in the U-Group, the Public Security Force's elite counter terrorist unit. Has undergone training under Pakistan's SSG (Special Service Group) Unit. Unmarried.
Psychological Profile:
When he was an operator of the Public Security Force's U-Group, he was once at the receiving end of the many jokes that his colleagues would cook up behind his back. He was once suspended from duty for two months when he kicked a member of the unit in his stomach because he was responsible for most of the jokes that Haroun heard when he was accepted in the force. He, nevertheless,was soon reinstated back in U-Group after his two-month suspension. But aside from this example of his uncontrollable temper, his colleagues and superior find him to be a hardworking man at work, who would not even hesitate to help them when they need his help.
Name: Clarkson, Robert
Nationality: Canadian
Birthdate: February 22, 1980
Age: 28
Height: 5'4
Weight: 66.45
Hair Colour: Blonde
Eye Colour: Black
History:
Born in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. Father is a Philosophy teacher from Simon Fraser University. Mother is a a History teacher from Douglas College. Has two older sisters and two younger brothers. Attended post-secondary education at the Royal Military College of Canada, 1997-2001. Entered the Canadian Army as an officer in the same year of his graduation and was stationed at CFB Suffield in Alberta. In 2004, he entered JTF-2 (Joint Task Force-2), Canada's most secretive Special Forces unit. Was deployed in Afghanistan from 2004-2005 and fought countless gunfights with Al-Qaeda and former Taliban fighters. Unmarried.
Psychological Profile:
Known as the "Tiger" for his fearless actions during his tour of duty in Afghanistan when he came under fire from Taliban forces when he was conducting routine patrol with a JTF-2 team. Although lightly wounded in the leg, he risked his own life to pull his wounded friend from the line of fire despite countless orders from his commanding officer to leave him behind. Robert did not listen to his command and performed a fireman's lift on his injured comrade before he was grazed in his left shoulder when a Taliban fighter fired his rifle at him from the mountains.
Name: Khoo, Wesley
Nationality: Singaporean
Birthdate: June 1, 1973
Age: 35
Height: 5'7
Weight: 56.55 kgs.
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Blue
History:
Born in Jurong, Singapore. Father is an executive, who is currently working at the Raffles Hotel. Mother is a high school teacher. Has a twin sister. Studied at the Australian Defense Forces Academy under a scholarship from 1991-1995. He entered the Singaporean Army in 1996 and was commissioned as an officer. In 1999, he was recruited into the Army's Commando Unit. In 2000, he had participated in the Ranger Course of the Singaporean Army. Married in 1995, three children.
Psychological Profile:
Likes to be on top of action whenever possible. Though his country has not participated in any troop deployment, he was once recommended to be part of Singapore's UN contingent to the former Indonesian province of East Timor, but was pulled out of the suggested candidates due to a leg injury that he sustained from training when he was in the Airborne Course.
Name: Siraj, Azhar
Nationality: Malaysian
Birthdate: May 11, 1982
Age: 26
Height: 5'4
Weight: 70.33 kgs.
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
History:
Born in Penang, Malaysia. Father is a retired diplomatic official who formerly worked in Malaysian embassies in Canada, Japan, Oman and the Philippines. Mother is a homemaker. Has two older brothers and one younger sister. Joined the Royal Malaysian Navy in 2000. After 3 years of duty, he enlisted himself in Pasukan Khas Laut or Paskal in 2003. He was first deployed at the Layang-Layang atoll in the Spratly Islands in 2004. In 2006, he was immediately transferred out from the islands and was stationed in EEZ (Economic Exclusive Zone) waters near East Malaysia. Married in 2000, four children.
Psychological Profile:
A known swimmer from his high school days, he was one of the only few candidates to surpass the requirements of Pasukan Khas Laut and this made a huge impression with the officers of the unit. Was once accused of beating a fellow soldier when he was supposedly angry with him when he was in the Malaysian Navy, but was cleared by the military courts even before any investigation started.
"Now I really can't wait to see who are the latest members of the sniper division." Clark said as he tossed the closed folder on top of the first folder that he opened a while ago. One time, Clark remembered that he personally observed a sniper training session for the second generation of Rainbow recruits in 1999 and he remarked that the training session was one of the most stringent tests ever conducted in the unit. With the third folder in his hand, he opened it and found the following:
OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF RAINBOW'S SNIPER DIVISION OF 2008:
Name: Badawi, Lokhman
Nationality: Malaysian
Birthdate: November 2, 1972
Age: 36
Height: 5'9
Weight: 76.43 kgs.
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
History:
Born in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Father is a veteran of the Malaysian Emergency Conflict, in which he participated in fighting communist terrorists as an officer of the Malaysian Army's GGK (Grup Gerak Khas) Unit during the late '60s and the early '70s. Mother is a high school teacher. No siblings. Enrolled at the Akademi Tentera Malaysia, 1990-1994. Joined the Malaysian Army in 1995. In 1997, he was indoctrinated in the GGK, as he wanted to follow his father in his own footsteps. Was posted in Bosnia in 2000. Returned back to Malaysia in 2002. Unmarried.
Psychological Profile:
An admirer of the GGK, he was once told by his father's former commanding officer that Lokhman reminded him of his father when he was in the second batch of indoctrinated GGK officers. His cheerful attitude has won him a lot of friends, whether it would be in various military or non-military circles.
Name: Dhakwan, Ghanim
Nationality: Kuwaiti
Birthdate: December 10, 1981
Age: 27
Height: 5'8
Weight: 72.23 kgs.
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Black
History:
Born in Salmiya, Kuwait. Father is a decorated military officer in the Kuwaiti Army when he fought as a guerrilla against occupying Iraqi forces in Kuwait in the early '90s. Mother is a homemaker. No siblings. Joined the Kuwaiti Army in 1999. Enlisted in the 10th Commando Battalion in 2003 and was posted at Falayka Island for 2 years. In 2005, he was subsequently stationed at Kuwait International Airport. Married in 2002, no children.
Psychological Profile:
He shows a display of calmness when he handles a sniper rifle. Once he assumes any kind of sniping position, it could take a while even before Ghanim decides to leave his sniping position, if he should ever desire to do so at once. This was the main trait that made him feared and idolizedby fellow soldiers of the 10th Commando Battalion. He is also an expert of camouflaging himself in any kind of terrain, which would make new recruits scared when the unit conducts exercises and when Ghanim is designated to be a simulated Op-For. Unmarried.
Name: Eriksson, Farold
Nationality: Swedish
Birthdate: June 27, 1978
Height: 5'5
Weight: 66.44 kgs.
Hair Colour: Blonde
Eye Colour: Black
History:
Born in Tingsryd, Sweden. Father is a librarian employed by Stockholm University. Mother is a doctor. He has two younger sisters. Entered the Swedish Army in 1996. Was tranferred to the K4 (Norrlands Dragonregemente) Unit and was posted in southern Sweden in 1999. Was deployed in Liberia in 2003 as part of Sweden's UN peacekeeping contingent. Returned back to Sweden after a year's duty in 2004. Unmarried.
Psychological Profile:
One of the many operatives of the Norrlands Dragonregement to have cold nerves of steel due to his "brutal" artic training in the winter, he had trained himself in withstanding the harsh cold since Sweden is one of the many countries in northern Europe to experience freezing conditions.
Names: Martinez, Gwen
Nationality: Filipino
Birthdate: April 9, 1983
Age: 36
Height: 6'0
Weight: 69.52 kgs.
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
History:
Born in Marikina, Philippines. Father is a doctor from the St. Luke's Medical Center. Mother is a journalist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Has an older sister and two younger brothers. Entered the PNPA (Philippine National Police Academy) and graduated with academic honours, 2001-2005. Recruited into the PNP (Philippine National Police) after her graduation. In 2008, she was enlisted in the SAF (Special Action Force) and her tour of duty lasted only for 3 months before she moved to Hereford. Married in 2005, two children.
Psychological Profile:
One of the few female operatives to enter the SAF, she had a hard time in winning the accepting of her male comrades. Even if she experienced discrimination, she soon won their respect when she personally saved the lives of an SAF platoon when the unit came under heavy gunfire from a kidnap-for-ransom group during a hostage rescue unit. With her perseverance, she managed to snipe 10-armed gunmen before the SAF platoon could raid the building and save the kidnap victim. To this day forth, many of the members of that platoon owe Gwen for saving their lives at that time.
Name: Tsujimoto, Kenji
Nationality: Japanese
Birthdate: December 29, 1981
Age: 27
Height: 6'1
Weight: 79.11 kgs.
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
History:
Born in Saitama, Japan. Father is a military officer in the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, mother is a homemaker. Has two elder sisters and one younger sister. Studied at the National Police Academy in 1997. Was recruited to work at the Higashi-Matsuyama Police Station in 2000. Once participated in the arrest of long-time JRA (Japanese Red Army) leader Fusako Shigenobu in the same year. In 2003, he was enlisted in the NPA's (National Police Agency's) Special Investigations Team for three years. In 2006, he entered the SAT (Special Assault Team) and had joint training with Britain's SAS CRW (Special Air Service's Counter Revolutionary Wing) and Germany's GSG-9. Married in 2001, one child.
Psychological Profile:
He is quite friendly with other people and tries to start a meaningful conversation when possible, which made him well liked by his peers from his time in the National Police Academy and in his early days as a Junsa (Officer) in the Higashi-Matsuyama Police Station. Was once commended for tackling a robber who was armed with a homemade submachine gun in 2002 in his wounded condition when he was injured in his right shoulder from submachine gun fire.
As Clark closed and placed the third folder on top of the second stack of folders, he then heard footsteps. He knew that someone was running in the corridor near his office, yet he couldn't figure out who it was.
Then suddenly, the door immediately swung open and he saw Alistair Stanley, who abruptly halted near his desk.
"Will you please knock before you enter my office?"
"Sorry, John" Alistair said after he tapped his table twice with his knuckles. "It's two minutes before 3. We've got a briefing report right now."
"What is it about, anyway?"
"There seems to be new information on another attack. With that attack yesterday in Vancouver, the Watch Room had another report that there was a terrorist attack in Ichigaya that just occured 15 minutes ago." John was informed a while ago about the incident in Vancouver minutes after he arrived at SAS Headquarters.
"That's unusual. Japan didn't have any major terrorist attack ever since Aum Shrinkyo and with those former leftist groups from the '60s to the late '90s. And what's even unusual is that Canada never had any major terrorist attack with the exception of the FLQ crisis in Quebec in the '70s and the Air India bombing over Canadian soil in the '80s."
"Which is the point, John. Kevin should explain it in the briefing about the link between these two incidents."
"Where are the recruits?"
"They're just waiting for you in the briefing room, witht the rest of the other RAINBOW members. I herded them there a few minutes before I came in."
"Okay, let's go". Clark hastily snatched the last two folders from the first stack and he checked them. The fourth folder had a title of "DEBRIFING REPORT" while the fifth folder had a tile of "PROFILES".
He then ran outside his office and into the corridor. The briefing room was just a few rooms away from Clark's office.
"Guess it's time to save the world again." thought Clark as he ran in the corridor with Alistair in front of him. Right now, he couldn't think of what's in front of him. The only thing that he's concerned right now is about the latest terrorist threat to ever hit the two countries.
He just hoped that nothing bad happened when he hears the debriefing reports.
Chapter 2 END